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Fumaria abyssinica

Fumaria abyssinica is a small, climbing annual weed of the poppy family, native to East Africa and Arabia, with pink flowers tipped purple. It is grown mainly as a wild or weedy plant rather than a garden ornamental, so care is seldom needed.

Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist while it grows, as it naturally occurs in damp upland forest and bamboo forest margins.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Eritrea to Malawi, Arabian Pen.
Climate
subtropical

About

Fumaria abyssinica is an herbaceous annual plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It grows in upland rainforest and bamboo forest, and has become a weed in local farms.

Other Fumaria plants

Field Fumitory · Fumaria barnolae · Tall Ramping Fumitory · Two Coloured Fumitory · White ramping fumitory · Dense Flowered Fumitory · Southern Ramping Fumitory · Italian Fumitory · Common ramping-fumitory · Western fumitory · Common Fumitory · Fineleaf fumitory

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fumaria abyssinica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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